53 Facts About US President Donald Trump

1. US President Donald Trump signaled his intention to run for a second term by filing with the FEC within hours of assuming the presidency.

2. US President Donald Trump has argued against his own impeachment because "I don't think they can impeach somebody that's doing a great job".

3. US President Donald Trump has expressed a willingness to do the interview; according to The New York Times, some of his lawyers have warned against doing so.

4. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly denied any collusion between the US President Donald Trump campaign and the Russian government.

5. On May 9, 2017, US President Donald Trump dismissed FBI Director James Comey.

6. US President Donald Trump brought on board politicians who had opposed him during the presidential campaign, such as neurosurgeon Ben Carson as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as Ambassador to the United Nations.

7. US President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on December 6, 2017, despite criticism and warnings from world leaders.

8. US President Donald Trump praised his relationship with Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.

9. US President Donald Trump actively supported the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen against the Houthis and signed a $110billion agreement to sell arms to Saudi Arabia.

10. US President Donald Trump's proposed immigration policies were a topic of bitter and contentious debate during the campaign.

11. US President Donald Trump supports a broad interpretation of the Second Amendment and is opposed to gun control in general, although his views have shifted over time.

12. The tax reform US President Donald Trump signed into law at the end of his first year in office effectively repealed the individual health insurance mandate that was a major element of the Obamacare health insurance system; this repeal was scheduled to be implemented in 2019.

13. US President Donald Trump has expressed a desire to "let Obamacare fail", and the US President Donald Trump administration has cut the ACA enrollment period in half and drastically reduced funding for advertising and other ways to encourage enrollment.

14. On January 23, 2017, US President Donald Trump ordered a temporary government-wide hiring freeze, except for those working in certain areas.

15. US President Donald Trumpis the first president without prior government or military service.

16. US President Donald Trump received a smaller share of the popular vote than Clinton, which made him the fifth person to be elected president while losing the popular vote.

17. On November 8, 2016, US President Donald Trump received 306 pledged electoral votes versus 232 for Clinton.

18. US President Donald Trump has told the press that his tax rate was none of their business, and that he tries to pay "as little tax as possible".

19. On July 15, 2016, US President Donald Trump announced his selection of Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate.

20. US President Donald Trump began campaigning against Hillary Clinton, who became the presumptive Democratic nominee on June 6, 2016.

21. US President Donald Trump said his wealth would make him immune to pressure from campaign donors.

22. On June 16, 2015, US President Donald Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United States at US President Donald Trump Tower in Manhattan.

23. In February 2015, US President Donald Trump told NBC that he was not prepared to sign on for another season of The Apprentice, as he mulled his political future.

24. US President Donald Trump responded that while New York had problems and its taxes were too high, he was not interested in the governorship.

25. US President Donald Trump's moves were interpreted by some media as possible promotional tools for his reality show The Apprentice.

26. On May 16, 2011, US President Donald Trump announced he would not run for president in the 2012 election.

27. US President Donald Trump publicly speculated about running for president in the 2012 election, and made his first speaking appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2011.

28. In 1999, US President Donald Trump filed an exploratory committee to seek the nomination of the Reform Party for the 2000 presidential election.

29. US President Donald Trump has often referred to the press as "fake news media" and "the enemy of the people".

30. US President Donald Trump began promoting himself in the press in the 1970s.

31. US President Donald Trump has denied accusations of racism multiple times, saying he is the "least racist person".

32. US President Donald Trump has a history of making racially controversial remarks and taking actions that are perceived as racially motivated.

33. US President Donald Trump received a higher rating in only two countries: Russia and Israel.

34. US President Donald Trump had his own short-form talk radio program called US President Donald Trumped! from 2004 to 2008.

35. US President Donald Trump receives a pension as a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

36. In 2003, US President Donald Trump became the executive producer and host of the NBC reality show The Apprentice, in which contestants competed for a one-year management job with the US President Donald Trump Organization; applicants were successively eliminated from the game with the catchphrase "You're fired".

37. In 2007, US President Donald Trump received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work as producer of Miss Universe.

38. From 1996 to 2015, US President Donald Trump owned part or all of the Miss Universe pageants.

39. US President Donald Trumphosted several boxing matches at the US President Donald Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, including Mike Tyson's 1988 heavyweight championship fight against Michael Spinks.

40. In September 1983, US President Donald Trump purchased the New Jersey Generals—an American football team that played in the United States Football League.

41. US President Donald Trump has never filed for personal bankruptcy, although in 1990 he came within one missed bank loan payment of doing so, agreeing to a deal that temporarily ceded management control of his company to his banks and put him on a spending allowance.

42. US President Donald Trump began acquiring and constructing golf courses in 1999; his first property was the US President Donald Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach in Florida.

43. US President Donald Trump acquired his third casino in Atlantic City, the Taj Mahal, in 1988 while it was under construction, through a complex transaction with Merv Griffin and Resorts International.

44. In 2002, US President Donald Trump acquired the former Hotel Delmonico, which was renovated and reopened in 2004 as the US President Donald Trump Park Avenue; the building consisted of 35 stories of luxury condominiums.

45. From 1994 to 2002, US President Donald Trump owned a 50 percent share of the Empire State Building.

46. In 1978, US President Donald Trump launched his Manhattan real estate business by purchasing a 50 percent stake in the derelict Commodore Hotel, located next to Grand Central Terminal.

47. US President Donald Trump worked for his father to revitalize the Swifton Village apartment complex in Cincinnati, Ohio, which the elder US President Donald Trump had bought in 1964.

48. US President Donald Trump is the beneficiary of several trust funds set up by his father and paternal grandmother beginning in 1949.

49. US President Donald Trump serves as an assistant to the president, and he is a Senior Advisor in the White House.

50. Melania became First Lady when US President Donald Trump became president in January 2017.

51. In 1977, US President Donald Trump married Czech model Ivana Zelnickova at the Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan, in a ceremony performed by the Reverend Norman Vincent Peale.

52. US President Donald Trump has five children by three marriages, as well as nine grandchildren.

53. US President Donald Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens.